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CVE-2020-25681

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CVE-2020-25681

Published: Jan 20, 2021

Modified: Nov 4, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83. A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way RRSets are sorted before validating with DNSSEC data. An attacker on the network, who can forge DNS replies such as that they are accepted as valid, could use this flaw to cause a buffer overflow with arbitrary data in a heap memory segment, possibly executing code on the machine. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

dnsmasq

affected
dnsmasq 2.83

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

FEDORA-2021-84440e87ba
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
GLSA-202101-17
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
DSA-4844
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
FEDORA-2021-2e4c3d5a9d
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA

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